Introduction:

CONACYT’s Mexican Science and Technology Journals Classification System (SCRMCYT) includes the area of medicine and health sciences (M&HS).

Objective:

A bibliometric analysis of M&HS journals listed in SCRMCYT in 2018 was performed.

Method:

Twelve characteristics related to indexation in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), Scopus, and PubMed databases were analyzed. Indexed journals were analyzed on whether they had recent indexed publications (2017 and 2018). Indexed journals’ 50 most-cited articles in WoSCC and Scopus were analyzed.

Results:

Of the 35 M&HS journals included in the 2018 SCRMCYT list, 31 (89 %) were indexed in Scopus (22 with indexed publications in 2017; 18 in 2018), 17 (49 %) in PubMed (10 with indexed publications in 2017 and 2018), and 12 (34 %) in WoSCC (12 with indexed publications in 2017; 8 in 2018). The 50 most-cited articles had been published only in 4 journals indexed in WoSCC and 5 in Scopus; 60 % were review articles.

Conclusions:

Approximately half the 2018 SCRMCYT M&HS journals lack publications indexed in 2018; this suggests that national and international relevance of these journals can be improved.